Four police officers injured while trying to arrest mentally unstable man on north side

Four Milwaukee police officers were injured Wednesday night while responding to a domestic violence incident on the north side.

Officers responded about 8:15 p.m. to the 4900 block of W. Medford Ave. to a report that a mentally unstable man was becoming "extremely violent towards family members and other citizens in the neighborhood," a police news release said.

The man was found walking in the 5100 block of W. Medford and officers attempted to speak with him "but he responded incoherently and refused to cooperate with the officers’ commands," the release said.

The man then attacked an officer and "charged and threw multiple punches at several officers," the release said. He was taken into custody after several minutes and taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries and a mental health evaluation.

The injured officers included one with eight years of service who suffered "significant facial injuries from being punched by the subject multiple times." Another officer with 10 years service "received swelling and contusions to his head, face and body from being punched by the subject."

Two other officers, each with four years service, both had swelling and bruises from the incident.